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Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by AngryParsley »

ghshephard wrote: post #79
kyro wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you discovered you were lactose intolerant after 30 years, and throughout those years, you've presumably been drinking milk. Don't you think you would've been just as fine growing old without knowing you couldn't break down lactose?

Heh - you clearly _aren't_ lactose intolerant. Through the simple (and relatively inexpensive) act of popping a lactase tablet before anything with milk, my life got a _whole_ lot better. It's embarrassing how much better things are. When I first got the results, I was like "Woah - 23andMe is broken - _I'm_ not Lactose intolerant" - that's what happens when you live with something your entire life - you baseline off…

Have you tried finding a pill that looks like a lactase tablet and having a friend choose randomly between the two before you consume dairy?

I'd say it's more likely that you aren't experiencing a placebo effect, but it never hurts to be sure.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by ErrantX »

Sold. This kind of stuff fascinates me and I personally am willing to take the privacy risk if I can find out a little more about ME :) I was waiting for it to come under $99 so it's good to see it happen earlier than expected :D

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by kwyjibo »

ankeshk wrote: post #116

Seems like 23andMe doesn't ship to either India or China. They are leaving out half the world's population! (I'm from India and would have loved to buy their $99 special - even if shipping was $99 more.)

Maybe they don't have enough genome research result data for Indian or chinese people, so it wouldn't make much sense to sell a product without being able to show results.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by zackattack »

lzell wrote: post #121
jacquesm wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I take it that was a rhetorical question? In case it wasn't, the answer is 'yes', but I'd be somewhat surprised to learn that the recipient went through the trouble of retrieving my DNA from it, stores it in a database and sells the contents of that database, along with any personal information that I have voluntarily shared with them.

Sounds like a business idea, send out 'surveys' and analyze the envelope when it's returned. Sell the data to insurance co. Who wants in?

Clever - But wouldn't this be illegal? Or not yet?

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by infinite8s »

jacquesm wrote: post #124
infinite8s wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From their privacy policy ( https://www.23andme.com/legal/privacy/ ) it seems they destroy the sample after generating the SNP map (Personal Info section, Genetic Info subsection paragraph 1).

You're right. I missed that, they contract out the sequencing though. You seem to be pretty knowledgeable here, how much information is still present in those SNP maps (in terms of bits per person)? Would an SNP map still uniquely identify an individual ?

It depends on how many SNPs (read as 'snip') they map and how much variation is at each site. It basically boils down to a combinatorial counting problem, although there is the complication that variation across close SNPs might not be independent (especially if they are on the same gene, or are related in some phenotypic way).

This is also the basis for DNA forensics/paternity tests. If you sample enough SNP locations you should theoretically have a unique signature (this is where you get the courtroom statistic of 1 in 3 million)

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by gabeiscoding »

mbreese wrote: post #14

It's still available... You have to go to the front page ( https://www.23andme.com/ ). From there, you can still see the deal. When you click "Buy" your cart has the $499 price, with a $400 discount.

Awesome, just bought one for myself, my wife and my unborn son. Now I wonder if I can stall on returning his DNA until he's born in June...

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by mbreese »

jacquesm wrote: post #120
infinite8s wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Clones won't have identical DNA for the same reason that twins don't.

You mean because of copy errors ?

I think they are referring to epigenetic changes (silencing/methylation). At the genetic level, they should have identical DNA if they arose firm the same egg/sperm combo.
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